Radiology Program Lead: Healthcare Projects

Northwestern Medicine; Winfield (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Program Manager to lead planning and implementation for department initiatives. You will develop work plans, metrics, and resource allocation while coordinating internal and external teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Responsibilities include budgeting, status reporting, and stakeholder communications. Collaboration with managers, directors, and clinicians will drive strategic goals and improve departmental outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Management, Communications or related field.
• Five (5) to eight (8) years’ experience in a relevant role.
• Strong Knowledge of Microsoft: Word, Excel, Power Point, Project.
• Demonstrated project management and organizational skills, demonstrated analysis and problem solving skills, excellent oral and communication skills, demonstrated ability to effectively establish and maintain working relationships with peers and constituents at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage budgets, resource allocation, information distribution, meeting facilitation and overall performance reporting.
• Apply standard project management methodologies throughout the project lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation, verification and value measurement definition.
• Utilize project management tools to ensure accuracy for planning, procurement and budgeting.
• Participate in analyst activities such as requirements analysis, resource identification, solution definition, white paper development, implementation/work plan development, design, system testing, training plans and rollout strategies.
• Manage day to day operational aspects of a project and scope and effectively minimizes exposure and risk.
• Prepare and reviews deliverables for leadership approval. Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
• Establish and maintain effective communications regarding project status and exchange of information among team members, sponsors and vendor partners.
• Work within project budget to ensure expenditures align with financial plans.
• Provide leadership to define, plan and implement projects.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with clients and team members, and mitigate issues as needed to achieve results.
• Create and execute project work plans and revise as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Relationship management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MHA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Project

Job description

Northwestern Medicine is seeking a Program Manager to lead planning and implementation for department initiatives. You will develop work plans, metrics, and resource allocation while coordinating internal and external teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Responsibilities include budgeting, status reporting, and stakeholder communications. Collaboration with managers, directors, and clinicians will drive strategic goals and improve departmental outcomes.